Snickerdoodle
noun
a type of sugar cookie made with cream of tartar and rolled in cinnamon sugar
Examples
The Joy of Cooking claims that snickerdoodles are probably German in origin, and that the name is a corruption of the German word for “snail dumpling.”
a type of cookie with a characteristic cracked surface, usu. rolled in sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg before baking
Examples
This Snickerdoodles recipe is scribbled on a stained, yellowed piece of paper and was copied from who knows where.
Word Origin
1889
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